UPDATE: Another Terrible Month for Kids with Access to Unsecured Guns

*UPDATE: Another incident occurred on June 30th. That brings total number of shootings in June to 34. In the last week of June there were 14 shootings – 14 shootings in 7 days.

As June draws to a close, once again there were more kids shot as a result of negligently stored firearms (33) than there were days in the month. This month also saw two incidents where a child unintentionally shot an adult, in one case killing the adult.

These are not accidents.They are fully preventable tragedies that are the direct result of adult negligence.Every gun in a child’s hands must first pass through an adult’s.The single most important responsibility of being a gun owner is keeping guns out of the hands of children.Safe storage saves lives.

JUNE 2017
KIDS WITH ACCESS TO UNSECURED GUNS BY THE NUMBERS:

Total incidents: 34

Children injured: 19

Children killed: 14

Adults injured: 1

Adults killed: 1

Children who shot themselves: 14

Children who shot a sibling: 7

Children who shot a friend: 9

Children who shot a cousin: 2

Shooters under age 13: 14

Shooters between ages 13-17: 16

Shooters between ages 1-3 (toddlers): 6

Youngest victim: 2-years-old (2 incidents, 1 fatality)

States with highest number of incidents: Ohio (4), Florida (3), South Carolina (3), Tennessee (3)

Data from the Children’s Firearm Safety Alliance (CFSA) database which uses news stories and police reports gathered by The Gun Violence Archive and news alerts. More information on individual cases can be found in the searchable CFSA database.